Ipaq & Camera file transfers

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<mramay@attglobal.net> wrote:

>I have an IPAQ 3870 with an SD card and a Sony DSC-V1 camera with a Memory
>Stick. Is there any way to copy files from the camera to the IPAQ without
>having to use a computer or USB hub? I'd like to do the transfer "in the
>field", away from a computer. Does anybody make a battery powered USB hub
>and would that do the job?? Is there an adapter that would allow me to put
>the memory card into the Ipaq??
>
>Don't tell me the obvious - I should have bought a camera with an SD card in
>it. :-) That would have made sense and required logic and forethought.

You could get a CF sleeve for the iPAQ and use the Memorystick/CF
adapter at http://www.card-media.co.uk/Memory+Stick+Adapters.htm

I've not seen a MS/SD adapter. I think both slots are too small to
accommodate it.
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>> Don't tell me the obvious... <<

OK, ;-) but that has been the primary reason that I have not purchased
one of the many (otherwise) good sony cameras.

You actually have one of the few devices that _may_ offer a solution...
specifically there are pcmcia adapters that accept SD, Smartmedia and
Memory sticks that should work with the 38xx series using an Ipaq pcmcia
sleeve.

afaik, there is no other direct way to convert to SD format or to
transfer the files using a cable.

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

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Thanks to all that answered!! I went out and purchased the pcmcia adapter
and, with my expansion pack, it did the trick. The walmart adapter sounds
interesting but, for me, the pcmcia looks like the long term solution.

I thought about not getting the Sony camera because of the memory stick
concern but it has too many features to pass up. Bought the DSC-V1 to
replace my antique Canon A-1. The V1 has pretty much every feature the A1
has, but has several advantages due to the digital format. Now if I could
mount my Canon lenses on the Sony........ :-)

Thanks again, y'all!
Mike



"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
message news5Bd$UeZEHA.3012@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> Don't tell me the obvious... <<
>
> OK, ;-) but that has been the primary reason that I have not purchased
> one of the many (otherwise) good sony cameras.
>
> You actually have one of the few devices that _may_ offer a solution...
> specifically there are pcmcia adapters that accept SD, Smartmedia and
> Memory sticks that should work with the 38xx series using an Ipaq pcmcia
> sleeve.
>
> afaik, there is no other direct way to convert to SD format or to
> transfer the files using a cable.
>
> Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]
>

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Googled again and came up with only this

http://www.adorama.com/SOMSACM2.html

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

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I have tried an adaptor to sd with my hp 5555 with sleeve but what I take
with my camera (sony) it isn't read by hp and viceversa: different
formatting !,you can't write with one and read with the other !!!
bye
"Knott Me" <knott_me@SPAMSUX.hotmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:eH%23nS%23eZEHA.3092@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> ok - different approach, noticed today that Wal-Mart has a memory stick
to
> SD adapter, in other words it enables you to use SD cards in your Sony.
> you could use this to convert the camera to SD instead of the other way
> around.
>
>
> <mramay@attglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:elQdJ8cZEHA.996@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I have an IPAQ 3870 with an SD card and a Sony DSC-V1 camera with a Memory
> Stick. Is there any way to copy files from the camera to the IPAQ without
> having to use a computer or USB hub? I'd like to do the transfer "in the
> field", away from a computer. Does anybody make a battery powered USB hub
> and would that do the job?? Is there an adapter that would allow me to put
> the memory card into the Ipaq??
>
> Don't tell me the obvious - I should have bought a camera with an SD card
in
> it. :-) That would have made sense and required logic and forethought.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
>